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ezpays asked David Marginian Deactivated commented

what is a difference between charge api and pay api?

https://scl-sandbox.dev.clover.com/v1/charges

This is charge API.

https://scl-sandbox.dev.clover.com/v1/orders/{orderId}/pay

That is pay api for order


My question is what the difference is between charge and pay api?

At charge API, what does it means? For example, I charge amount to my card?
At pay API, what does it means? For example, what money do I use?

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David Marginian Deactivated answered David Marginian Deactivated commented

A charge is for making a payment that is not associated with a Clover order. The v1/orders/{orderId}/pay endpoint is for paying for a Clover order.

This is described in our documentation, which I have previously linked to you - https://docs.clover.com/docs/ecommerce-accepting-payments:

If there is no order associated with a payment, simply create a charge by sending a POST request to the /v1/charges endpoint. This is useful for scenarios such as recurring subscriptions.


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I can not see your documentation.

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David Marginian avatar image David Marginian ♦♦ ezpays commented ·

Sorry, I accidentally had the semicolon in the link. It is fixed now.

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ezpays avatar image ezpays David Marginian ♦♦ commented ·

I already read it. But I am not sure what charge means. From where to where?

From other credit card to my clover sandbox or clover production?

Because I saw "purchase" API at other payment website.


I want to know "From where to where".

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